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Trumpet, Cornet and Flugelhorn GRADE 6

PREREQUISITE FOR ENTRY: Grade 5 (or above) in Theory of Music, Practical Musicianship or any solo Jazz subject.

THREE PIECES: one chosen by the candidate from each of the three Lists, A, B and C:

LIST A1 Diabelli Rondo–Allegretto: 3rd movt from Sonatina, Op. 151 No. 1, trans. Varasdy and Orbán (Editio Musica

Budapest Z.13271)2 Gibbons The King’s Juell: No. 4 from Suite of Keyboard Pieces for Trumpet, arr. Cruft (Stainer & Bell 2588:

B b/C edition) 3 Handel Allegro: 2nd movt from Sonata (in Ab), Op. 1 No. 11. No. 2 from Handel Two Sonatas, trans. Varasdy

and Orbán (Editio Musica Budapest Z.13933)4 Hansen Allegro con brio: 1st movt from Sonata for Cornet, Op. 18 (Hansen WH13213) 5 Hansen Scherzo for Cornet (Hansen WH10138) 6 Haydn Andante: 2nd movt from Trumpet Concerto in Eb, Hob. VIIe/1 (Henle HN 456 or Universal HM 223:

B b/E b edition)7 L. Otto Adagio or Rondo–Allegro grazioso: 2nd or 3rd movt from Trumpet Concerto in Eb (Brass Wind:

B b/E b edition) 8 Purcell Pomposo and Presto: 1st and 3rd movts from Sonata for Trumpet (IMC 2089: B b/C edition)9 Reger Romance, trans. Piguet (Breitkopf & Härtel EB 4763)

LIST B1 Bozza Lied for Trumpet (Leduc AL25404: B b/C edition)2 Arthur Butterworth Berceuse: from Fanfare and Berceuse. No. 3 (P. 5) from Contemporary Music for Trumpet

(Boosey & Hawkes) 3 Dvořák Rusalka’s Song to the Moon (from Rusalka). Available in the album: Shepherd’s Song, arr. Wilson

(Winwood Music 0084) 4 Adam Gorb Tucket: from A Blast from the Past (Brass Wind) 5 Hubeau Sarabande: 1st movt from Sonata for Trumpet (Durand: B b/C edition)6 Bryan Kelly Colonel Glib (Retired) or The Chase: No. 3 or No. 6 from Whodunnit – Suite for Trumpet (Stainer

& Bell H442)7 Larsson Allegro Moderato or Allegro risoluto: 1st or 3rd movt from Concertino for Trumpet, Op. 45 No. 6

(Gehrmans Musikförlag CG5138U)8 John McCabe Jigaudon: No. 7 from Dances for Trumpet (Novello NOV120530)9 Cecilia McDowall Winter Landscape with Skaters: from Framed (Brass Wind)

LIST C1 Arban Andantino in Bb: No. 9, P. 117 from Cornet Method (Boosey & Hawkes) 2 Derek Bourgeois No. 15 or No. 16: from Ace of Trumpets (Brass Wind) 3 Brandt Animato alla Polacca: No. 23 from 34 Studies for Trumpet (IMC 1391) 4 Nigel Clarke Russian Picture: from Featuring Rhythm (Brass Wind: & brass edition) 5 Rob Hudson Ivan’s Lament or Funketude: No. 25 or No. 26 from 30 Modern Studies for Trumpet (Universal UE

21316) 6 Kopprasch Allegro vivace or Maestoso: No. 21 or No. 28 from 60 Studies for Trumpet, Book 1 (IMC 2104) 7 Allen Vizzutti Tarantella or Bulgarian Bounce: from 20 Dances for Trumpet (De Haske Hal Leonard)

AURAL TESTS FOR THE GRADE*: see pp. 86 and 89

* Published by ABRSM (Scale requirements, Specimen Sight-Reading Tests, Specimen Aural Tests)

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Trumpet, Cornet and Flugelhorn GRADE 6

SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS*: from memory, to be played both slurred and tongued in the following keys:

All instruments: D major; C minor (a twelfth)F#, A majors; G#, A minors (two octaves)B b instruments: B b major; B b minor (two octaves)E b Cornet: B b major; B b minor (a twelfth)

Scales: in the above keys (minors in both harmonic and melodic forms)

Chromatic Scales: starting on F#, G, A b and A (two octaves)

Arpeggios: the common chords of the above keys for the ranges indicated

Dominant Seventh: in the key of D (two octaves)

Diminished Seventh: starting on G (two octaves)

SIGHT-READING*: see p. 7.

TRANSPOSITION: Trumpet candidates only will be asked to transpose up a tone a short piece approxi-mately equivalent to a Grade 4 sight-reading test.